Old Reverie

The Spirit of Old Reverie

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Held by Sir Reverie

Sir Reverie keeps this page. The old blue and the fading cream are his to hold, and he yields them to no one.

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Live specimen

Almost before we knew it

The pair at the sizes real interface text gets used — a heading, a line of body copy, and a button. If all three hold up here, the pair works.

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Color-blind view

Contrast is a luminance ratio, and color blindness keeps luminance — so it barely moves below. What moves is distinguishability: how far apart the two colors stay (ΔE). That is the number to watch, and why this section exists. You can publish any of these as its own pair.

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Color & contrast

Published contrast 8.25:1 — passes AA at any text size.

B clears AA on A as published — the interface uses it uncorrected.

Dim / secondary text sits at 4.53:1.

Body text · needs 4.5:1 · passes

Large text · needs 3:1 · passes

Handgloves

16px · passes AA

The pair exactly as published, at the size you drag to. AA needs 4.5:1 for body, 3:1 at large sizes (24px+).

	A	B
Hex	#EDE1D4	#224062
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 212)	rgb(34, 64, 98)
HSL	hsl(31, 41%, 88%)	hsl(212, 48%, 26%)

Published 14 Aug 2026.

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The pair as published — paste it into your stack. Where the AA-corrected ink differs, it's labelled, never swapped in silently. “Badge” embeds a live SVG of the pair and its rating.

On screen vs on paper

A backlit display flatters a pair; paper doesn't. Warm stock instead of #FFFFFF, a smaller gamut, lower contrast — this is where the verdict often changes.

HandglovesThe quick brown fox.

On screen

HandglovesThe quick brown fox.

On paper — approximate

An approximation of warm stock, reduced gamut and lower contrast — not a color-managed proof, and no claim about a specific press. For signage at distance, shrink the specimen with the size slider above.

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Old Reverie

The Spirit of Old Reverie

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